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This documentary follows four Pittsburgh-area people who are compelled to climb. Explorer Will Cross, watchmaker Michael Kobold, Dr. Ray Benza and physician assistant Jessica Lazar are all scaling the highest mountains in the world to raise money and awareness for diabetes, lung disease and injured Navy Seals.

They are senior citizens now, but during the early 1960s, their youthful actions reshaped America. WQED shares the unforgettable memories and rare photographs of Civil Rights era activists including the Reverend C.T. Vivian, Sister Patricia McCann, and freedom singer Rutha Harris, who fought against segregation and for African-Americans' right to vote.

WQED follows a group of Western Pennsylvanians who journeyed to the sites of America's Civil Rights struggle. The Return to the Roots of Civil Rights Bus Tour covered nearly 2,600 miles, traveling from Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania to cities throughout the deep south. Participants, who ranged in age from 15 to 75, explored historic locations and met some of the foot soldiers who helped abolish segregation.